2014 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2014 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 13 and March 22, 2014, at four conference arenas and the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Minnesota State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight or ten conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advance to the Van Andel Arena for the WCHA Final Five, a holdover from previous tournaments where it was used as the collective name of the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.[1]

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2013–14 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#6 Ferris State282062429262432911313894
#11 Minnesota State*282071419558412614113095
Alaska28141223097773718154126103
Bowling Green28131143089733918156119104
Michigan Tech2812115297878401419799108
Alaska–Anchorage28121242874773818164105107
Northern Michigan28131412777753815212102108
Bemidji State2810144247276381021792118
Lake Superior State2812160247084361619194114
Alabama–Huntsville28225153011438235141166
Championship: Minnesota State
indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  First round
March 13–15
Semifinals
March 21
Championship
March 22
                               
  1 Ferris State 8 3** 1 Ferris State 5*  
8 Bemidji State 0 2 6 Alaska–Anchorage 4  
  2 Minnesota State 3 5*
7 Northern Michigan 2 4     1 Ferris State 1
  2 Minnesota State 4
  3 Alaska 3* 1 4
6 Alaska–Anchorage 2 2 5
  4 Bowling Green 2 5 2 Minnesota State 4
5 Michigan Tech 1 2 4 Bowling Green 0  

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

First round

All times are local.

(1) Ferris State vs. (8) Bemidji State

Ferris State wins series 2–0

(2) Minnesota State vs. (7) Northern Michigan

Minnesota State wins series 2–0

(3) Alaska vs. (6) Alaska–Anchorage

Alaska–Anchorage wins series 2–1

(4) Bowling Green vs. (5) Michigan Tech

Bowling Green wins series 2–0

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−4).

(2) Minnesota State vs. (4) Bowling Green

(1) Ferris State vs. (6) Alaska–Anchorage

Championship

All times are local (UTC−4).

(1) Ferris State vs. (2) Minnesota State

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • F Teodors Bļugers (Minnesota State)
  • F Bryce Gervais (Minnesota State)
  • F Gerald Mayhew (Ferris State)
  • D Austin Coldwell (Alaska-Anchorage)
  • D Brett Stern (Minnesota State)
  • G Cole Huggins* (Minnesota State)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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